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What is the maximum absolute value of the shear?
What is the maximum absolute value of the shear?
- It occurs at the point where the shear diagram crosses the x-axis
- It occurs at the point where the slope of the shear diagram is zero
- It occurs at the point where the area under the shear diagram is maximum
- It occurs at the point where the shear diagram reaches its maximum value (correct)
How can the maximum absolute value of the bending moment be determined?
How can the maximum absolute value of the bending moment be determined?
- It occurs at the point where the slope of the bending moment diagram is zero
- It occurs at the point where the area under the bending moment diagram is maximum
- It occurs at the point where the bending moment diagram reaches its maximum value
- It occurs at the point where the bending moment diagram crosses the x-axis (correct)
In a simply supported beam with a concentrated load at midspan, where does the maximum positive bending moment occur?
In a simply supported beam with a concentrated load at midspan, where does the maximum positive bending moment occur?
- At support B
- At a quarter span from support A
- At midspan (correct)
- At support A
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